But MIT’s new muscle-tendon system changes that equation by bridging muscle to skeleton more efficiently. And the numbers ...

Researchers at Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU),Scripps Research, and others found that tendons, not muscles, are the crucial site where increased expression of a mechanosensitive ion ...

Individual variation in the shape and structure of the Achilles tendon may influence our susceptibility to injury later in life. Individual variation in the shape and structure of the Achilles tendon ...

M. A. Riederer-Henderson, A. Gauger, L. Olson, C. Robertson and T. K. Greenlee, Jr. Fibroblasts of the synovium of sheathed tendons were isolated, and their biochemical properties were compared with ...

Though many people experience muscle twitching, it's often incorrectly identified as a muscle spasm. While both are involuntary contractions of a muscle, muscle spasms and muscle twitching aren't ...

Any type of injury could sabotage running performance, but a recent study in Physical Therapy in Sport suggests issues with the Achilles tendon—the thick band of fibrous tissue connecting the calf ...

1 Musculoskeletal Research Centre, School of Physiotherapy, La Trobe University, Bundoora, 3086, Australia 2 Physical Activity and Nutrition Research Unit, School of Health Sciences, Deakin University ...

Joseph Bennington-Castro is a science writer based in Hawaii. He has written well over a thousand articles for the general ...